Question for those who know Japanese

10 comments

1. If you’re speaking yes. If you’re getting a tattoo don’t. 😄

2. Indeed, what /u/capslock said. It’s technically correct but **for the love of ALL FUCK** don’t get this tattooed on your skin, because it’s absolutely unpoetic and has absolutely no emotional or poetic impact (and likely will basically use a “Times New Roman” -esque Japanese non-hikitai font). We will absolutely laugh at you, and you’ll be stuck with a dumb mess on your skin forever.

   If you want the same sentiment but not in English that **ACTUALLY IS POETIC** as a tattoo, maybe consider these lyrics as a tattoo from Hindi from the song **Jee Veerey by Bloodywood**:

   [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uJoN_I9ebQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uJoN_I9ebQ)

   आग की

   ज्वालाओं से ही

   रेत बने लोहा।

   Aag ki jwaalao se hee
   Rait baney Loha

   (***Only after enduring the tests of fire,
   Iron is forged***)

3. 火造り ?

4. Yes but it sounds extremely literal, idioms don’t translate, so please don’t get it as a tattoo, it will look really stupid to anyone that understands

5. あぁ〜あ〜

6. By including all the grammatical particles, you’re going to end up with a lame Japanese-101 level sentence that sounds kind of like “It was forged in the middle of a fire,” like the reverse-equivalent of one of those Engrish T-Shirts.

   When what you really want is something cooler like “Fire-Forged”

   So if you really have to get a Japanese tattoo no matter what, I would recommend trying to find an expression that’s kanji-only.

7. Makes sense lol thanks for the help

8. It’s a literal translation of an English idiom that doesn’t really make sense.

9. As others have mentioned, this would be like writing a whole English sentence “This was forged inside a fire.” if you used it as a tatoo. It’s wordy

10. You should be thankful everyone’s telling you not to use that for a tattoo, as hilarious as that’d be.